Collar-button.



No. 807,689. PATENTED DEC. 19, 1905.

' A. SGHWIEGER.

COLLAR BUTTON.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 12, 1905.

UNITED STATES PATENT orFIoE. i

ADOLF SOHWIEGER, OF HANOVER, GERMANY, ASSIGNOR TO AUGUST BAUROSE, OFGODESBERG, PRUSSIA, GERMANY.

COLLAR-BUTTON.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 19, 1905.

Application filed January 12, 1905. Serial No. 240,837.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ADOLF SOHWIEGER, a subject of the German Emperor,residing at Hanover, in the Kingdom of Prussia and Empire of Germany,have invented anew and useful Improvement in Collar-Buttons, of whichthe following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in that class of collar-buttons inwhich there is a gripping device; and the object of my invention is tohold the necktie securely and prevent it from pulling forward, riding upin front, or sliding around on the neck. I attain these objects by themechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawing, which shows a centralsection of the improved button on an enlarged scale.

The collar-button is of the usual exterior shape, size, and generalappearance and comprises stem at, integral with the head (Z, and base f.The base f is hollow and has an inwardly-turned flange f to retain theplate g, which closes the bottom end of the base. Through the stem (4and head at there extends a central bore 72, open at each end andlaterally enlarged at the head, as at h, to house the claws on theneckwear-retainer next to be described. Through the bore it thereextends a looped needle 6, formed of two parallel wires, the outer endsof which are bent outward from one another and are curved inward to formtwo claws e e. The spring 0 tends to keep the needle and its claws e 6always drawn inward, so that the claw or claws e e do not while in theirnormal position project beyond the head, but lie in the recess h.

The spring 0 engages the looped end of the needle I). By pressing on theplate g, forming the lower part of the base of the button, the plate isbrought into the position shown in dotted lines, and the needle or loop6 is moved axially outward and its claws e c projected beyond the headit, whereupon, owing to the resilient nature of the needle, they spreadlaterally apart, as shown in dotted lines, to engage the fabric of theneckwear. Relaxing the pressure on the plate 9 the needle I; is drawninward and the claws c e are drawn together and inward, engaging thefabric of the neckwear. This latter is held in place until upwardpressure is again voluntarily exerted by the wearer upon the plate g,when the projection of the needle Z) and the claws e 6 permits ofreleasing the neckwear from the hold of the latter and its readjustmentor removal.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isas follows:

In a button, the combination of a headed stem having an axial bore,laterally enlarged within the head, with a looped needle terminating ina pair of self-separating claws adapted to be compressed within theenlarged bore, a spring for drawing the needle inward into the, bore andmeans for counteracting the spring-pressure and projecting theneedleclaws at will.

Signed this 2d day of January, 1905.

ADOLF SOHWIEGER.

I Witnesses:

LEoNoRE RAsoH, H. HALL HALL.

